By davis123 on
How do I do this? I saw this module:
http://drupal.org/project/phpbbforum
But it is very confusing, i dont know what to do. I have a fresh install of drupal, only drupal, nothing else on my webserver. What do I install, in what order? Do i need phpbb3 installed first or does this module install it automatically? I am cunfused because there seems to be 2 modules i need to install. I looked in the readme but i dont know what to do.
I just want a simple phpbb forum like this one:
http://phpbb.drupalbridge.org/en/forum
Comments
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If you only need a simple forum, you may want to consider using drupal's core forum with the advanced_forum module before commiting to phpbb (changing your mind afterwards is a lot harder).
However, if you really need phpbb, this module assumes you already have it up and running-- then the readme.txt file has the info for the integration part.
I tried the core forum with
I tried the core forum with advanced forum module, i dont know if i want to use it. It seems that only administrators can create new forum topics and the forums dont seem to be displaying well at ALL. You can see my site here:
http://lootcraft.site11.com/?q=forum
The core forum is not good.
Would it be easier to just install phpbb in a new folder called forum, so its separate from drupal? If so, how would I make it so the same users can log in to drupal and phpbb with the same username and password?
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"not good" isn't really descriptive-- it's good at what it does which is provide basic forum functionality. Clearly it works-- you're using it right now. And no, forum topics are not limited to admins-- check your permissions. There's also the new brain_forum module, but I've not tried it yet.
As for the display-- that's not one of the advanced_forum themes that I know. there are others that dispay better, but display it just a matter of styling. You won't get a nice integrated forum display from phpbb either without a lot of work, probably more work than styling advanced_forum-- unless there's a theme somewhere for both. Most of the sites I see with separate forums look terrible and the forums are so obviously not integrated it seems unprofessional.
imo there needs to be a solid functional reason to justify the added complexity and work of maintaining two separate applications with faux integration. I've never found it necessary myself so I've never used phpbb.
and according to the project page, the phpbbforum module handles user integration.
Ok, i think il use the core
Ok, i think il use the core forums with advanced forum.
If you look at my website if you are a regular use you dont see a post new topic button. Also the one topic i have posted does not show up. Do i need to do something with the theme? I have blogbuzz theme installed with no modifications to it.